§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report for the latest year for which figures are available (a) the average net cost per pupil, cash, per secondary pupil at maintained secondary schools in each local education authority in Scotland and (b) the average expenditure in the same years per assisted place pupil for each local education authority in Scotland.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe latest available information, for 1985–86, is set out in the table.
Authority Cost per pupil in Local Authority secondary schools Average expenditure per assisted place pupil1 £ £ Borders 1,408 — Central 1,482 1,411 Dumfries and Galloway 1,445 1,738 Fife 1,494 1,842 Grampian 1,522 1,628 Highland 1,457 2,427 Lothian 1,615 1,662 Strathclyde 21,597 1,487 Tayside 1,556 1,654 Orkney 1,760 — Shetland 2,270 — Western Isles 21,879 — 1 The figures relate to the 1985–86 academic year and represent the average cost to central Government of an assisted pupil in participating schools located in each education authority area. 2 Provisional figures.